Elias Nutting

Earlier today we had the chance to visit with Elias and Kelly. Margaret was kind enough to drive us down to the hospital from the school. The visitors included Margaret, Meta, Ian, Anna, Sydney, Caleb and Me (Dave). Megan and Justine were already at the hospital and Kelly was on duty (Jon now has the night shift).

Elias was just waking up from a nap when we arrived. He was still drowsy and it was clear that he is still disoriented from the pain medication. He was able to talk (quietly) and got some gifts from Ian, Caleb and Jakob. He smiled and chatted with us, but was still quite tired. He had just stood up for the first time before we arrived and was scheduled for his first walk later in the evening (may have happened already).

Kelly also shared some amazing news: Elias may be released as soon as Friday! Nothing is for sure yet because it depends on him being able to keep food down and being off the morphine. But the doctors seemed optimistic about it. That is pretty incredible considering that early estimates had him unconscious for at least 5 days! For any of you that have ever spent a night in the hospital, you know that it is hard to get a decent nights rest, so being home would be a wonderful thing.

If you do decide to visit, be prepared for Elias to be sleeping or otherwise indisposed. Kelly or Jon will let you know whether it is okay to see him.

Here are some photos of our visit. Note that we blatantly ignored the two person rule, but that should not encourage any of you to do the same. You may also notice (as Ian did) that Elias is now sporting his own, more comfortable, PJ’s, which he seemed happy about.

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And here is a (very) short video of Elias from our visit: